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Dimon to Bear employees: Go away! Come here!

Jamie Dimon has said he wants to win over Bear Stearns’ employees. But he took a big step yesterday toward essentially denying them a vote on a deal that affects their life savings.

The proposed new structure of JP Morgan’s takeover of Bear Stearns gives JP Morgan so much control over the voting process, so early, that employee shareholders don’t have much of a chance to successfully throw their votes behind a “no” vote or a rival bidder.

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